If you are working on multiple tasks simultaneously and wish to track time, then using a timer can be very helpful. For eg, you can start the timer for say Task T1. Let us say after a couple hours, you wish to switch to task T2. You can either click on 'Pause' for the timer for T1 OR you can directly 'Start' the timer for T2 which will pause the timer for T1 automatically. When you need to switch back to working on T1, simply 'Pause' the timer for T2 and 'Resume' the timer for T1.
You can have multiple tasks open in the timer window. At any given point the "active" task timer will be displayed first with the time in Red.
When you complete working on the task T1, click on 'Stop'. To create a time entry with the time spent on T1, simply click on 'Fill Time'. That opens up a update progress and time entry for T1 for the current date with the hours populated from the timer. You can choose to modify the pre-filled amount if you wish. After you fill the time, the timer for that task is reset. If you wish to remove the task from the timer list, please click on the delete icon next to it.
To use timer to record time:
- From the main menu, click on Projects and navigate to Task Timers.
- Opens the Task Timers window. To add a task to track time on, click on Add
- Select the Task you wish to add and click on Next
- The Task appears in the timer window. Click on the Start icon to start the timer for that task
- To pause a timer, click on the Pause icon next to the task
- To reset a timer, click on the Reset icon next to the task
- To delete a timer, click n the Delete icon next to the task
- To fill time, click on the Fill Time icon next to the task